EPAM Systems, Inc. (Newtown, Pa.) announced an expanded engagement with Baker Hughes, Inc. (Houston) to revolutionize the energy sector. This engagement names EPAM as Baker Hughes’ systems integration collaborator for digital and artificial intelligence (AI) implementations, marking a significant milestone…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that its Mining & Metals business was awarded a joint venture contract with Hatch to perform engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) for BHP’s proposed Olympic Dam Smelter & Refinery Expansion Project in South Australia,…
Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) has announced plans to invest in the Ecoplant, a pioneering project in Europe to transform urban waste into renewable fuels and circular products, adding a solution for reducing CO2 emissions in the transport sector, while at…
Moeve (formerly Cepsa; Madrid, Spain) announced an ambitious €600-million investment plan for the construction, together with its partners, of up to 30 new biomethane plants by 2030, which the company projects throughout Spain, with Andalusia, Catalonia, and Galicia being among…
Rio Tinto plc (London) and Norsk Hydro ASA (Oslo, Norway) will join forces to identify and evaluate available carbon capture technologies for future implementation in the aluminum electrolysis process. The companies have signed a partnership agreement that provides for the…
Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has acquired all shares of Philagro Holding, S.A. (Philagro), its France-based consolidated subsidiary engaged in sales of crop protection products. In addition, Sumitomo Chemical is to acquire all shares of another of its consolidated subsidiary,…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has announced a new digitalization strategy that is focusing on more data-centric business management to achieve digital transformation and to offer its customers transparency for its products. Covestro's climate impact from the manufacture of its products…
MAIRE S.p.A. (Milan) announced that NEXTCHEM, through its subsidiary Stamicarbon, the nitrogen fertilizer technology licensor, has been selected to provide the Process Design Package to upgrade the Hulunbeier New Gold Chemical Co., Ltd.’s urea plant in Hulunbuir (China), leveraging on…
The potential of membrane technology to unlock hybrid and scalable carbon capture, combined with results from early field trials, suggest that advanced membranes will play a crucial role in enabling more widespread adoption of decarbonization strategies It is a truth…
Desalination of seawater with reverse osmosis (RO) membranes is a key technology for addressing water scarcity issues around the globe, but seawater desalination is energy-intensive and the brine discharge can create coastal environmental problems. The company Flocean AS (Oslo, Norway;…